The stabbing occurred on Friday at dawn, around 4:20 a.m., in the parking lot of an apartment building on Avenue Saint-Narcisse, near the Institut universitaire en santéALE de Québec, commonly called the Robert-Giffard hospital.
Upon arrival [des policiers], they took care of the victim, a man in his thirties who presented significant injuries. He was transported to a hospital in the region, where he was declared dead.
explains David Pelletier, spokesperson for the Quebec City Police Service (SPVQ).
Le SPVQ is not revealing the identity of the victim at this time.
Arrest and charges
The suspect, Christian Ouellet, 27, initially fled but was quickly found. He was arrested around 5:10 a.m. in a residence in the Saint-Sauveur district.
The man, who in all likelihood acted alone, is being held at the Victoria Park power station.
He briefly appeared by videoconference Friday afternoon at the Quebec courthouse.
He was charged with death threats and breach of bail conditions. Other charges are expected to be added to his case early next week.
He will return to court next Friday.
A command post has been set up on Avenue Saint-Narcisse. The police were looking for clues at the crime scene on Friday morning, in particular with the help of a dog handler.
Photo : Radio-Canada / Steve Jolicoeur
The police had gone to the area for the first time a few hours earlier, between midnight and 1 a.m., for an intervention related to an argument.
Le SPVQ mentions that a person involved in this first intervention was also involved in the one that occurred in the early morning. It is not known at this time whether it is the suspect, the victim or a third party.
Police are trying to determine if the two events are related.
Second kill of the year
This is the second murder of the year to occur on the territory of the Service de police de la Ville de Québec. The first occurred last April in the Lac-Saint-Charles sector. Kim Lebel, 30, is accused of killing Jacques Côté, 65, in the middle of the street.
This event comes exactly one week after a man was charged with the attempted murder of a 46-year-old woman in the context of domestic violence in the Beauport sector.
After being arrested for the first time around 9 p.m., Michel Boucher, 51, would have appeared a second time at the victim’s home located on Sainte-Cécile Street, around 11 p.m., to attack her again.